<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>The only winners in slots are the guys using hand made electronic devices to rig machines. I believe they cost about 50 Dimes but well worth it in the long run. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Actually there are many methods to cheat the machines and very few cost much money. As a "Key Man" in a busy Las Vegas casino I've seen many many methods employed. Almost all with success.
Some of the most common involve simple tricks such as yo-yo-ing. Yes, coins on string. This method actually works (on some machines better than others). I can't tell you how many strings I've had to unjam from the coin mechanism as most yo-yo's inevitably break.
There's also the use of a long necked penlight that can be found in almost any hardware store.
When a hopper is spitting out coins there is a light sensor that each coin passes in front of. This is how the machine keeps count of the coins coming out. If a person won a $20 jackpot then after $20 worth of light sensor clicks the hopper motor gets the signal to stop spitting coins. The person with the penlight inserts it where the coins fall out and aim it at the sensor. When even the smallest jackpot is hit (cherries for example) the hopper motor start up. Without the increments of darkness which the penlight has now taken away the hopper motor thinks it hasn't spit any coins out. The hopper is of course spitting coins out. When all the coins empty out of the hopper. The cheater will pull the penlight out, fill his bucket with his "winnings" and move onto the next machine.
Another VERY popular method in Vegas is lead slugs. Again, I can't tell you how many times I'd go to empty a machine indicating it's full, just to find a hopper full of slugs. Of course by this time, the slug player is long gone.
Some of the most effective schemes involve "inside help". These schemes usually involve two people and they almost never get caught.
For instance, a Key Man goes to help an old lady who's machine is "jammed" or who's coins got stuck or what have you. A very very common scene in Vegas.
When the "key man" opens the door of the machine for the old lady (who is actually in partnership in the scheme), the "key man" not only clears the jam but also attaches two wires (using alligator clips) to the hopper motor. One to the positive lead and one to the negative.
The "key man" then shuts the door of the machine with the two exposed wires protruding from the bottom of the door.
The old lady thanks the "key man" for doing his job and the "key man" walks away.
The old lady take the two leads and attaches the ends to a 9v battery in her purse (which is ALWAYS on her lap). The hopper motor starts up and keeps on going until empty. At this time the old lady alerts the "key man" that her machine is empty. The "key man" opens the door of the machine, removes the wires off the hopper motor, radio's to the money room that machine number so and so needs a refill, shuts the door and goes about his way. When the coins arrive the "key man" opens the door and refills the machine. The old lady thanks him again (maybe even tips him!), and the "key man" goes on his way.
Btw, as far as some machines paying much better than the others?
It's true, but those machines are almost alway occupied by the house "shills". You can tell the shills by the way they scream and carry on after every jackpot. Even the smallest ones.
Enjoy.
